US$4.5 million programme to conserve biodiversity in Brazil's World Heritage Sites
An innovative and modern system to manage Brazil's seven World Heritage Sites has been launched by the Brazilian government, UNESCO, and three conservation groups, including WWF.
Brazil takes the lead in native FSC-certified forests in Latin America
With the recent certification of over 550,000 ha of native forest, Brazil has surpassed Bolivia to have the largest area of FSC-certified Amazon native forests in South America.
WWF helps set up Amazon trust fund
WWF has announced the creation of a permanent, multi-million dollar endowment to fund conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon in partnership with the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility, and the government of Brazil.
Partners for Wetlands Quarterly - May 2004 Issue
The latest issue of Partners for Wetlands Quarterly features the conservation of wetland and waterbirds in the five focal project countries - Brazil, China, Malaysia, Ukraine and Zambia.
The hyacinth macaw makes a comeback
What does it take to save the world's largest parrot from extinction? Dedication, ingenuity - and love.
Meeting in Buzios defines global freshwater conservation goals
The recent Global Freshwater Team Meeting of the WWF Network held in Búzios, Brazil in February brought together more than 80 freshwater experts from 50 different countries to establish the main lines of work for WWF's Living Waters Programme for the next four years.
Urgent action needed to stop rapid rate of Amazon deforestation
With new figures showing no let up in the shocking rate of deforestation in the Amazon, WWF calls on the Brazilian government to do much more to halt the increasingly rapid destruction of the world's largest and most important rainforest.
Ecoregion vision launched for Atlantic Forest in Brazil
WWF-Brazil, together with over 30 other organizations in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, has launched a vision for the future of the Atlantic Forest, to be shared with society and which can ultimately guide conservation and sustainable development in the region.
WWF condemns invasion of Iguaçu National Park
A group of 300 people have invaded Brazil's Iguaçu National Park with bulldozers, breaking down fences and destroying the local post of the Brazilian Environmental Agency, in an attempt to open a road closed in 2001 due to its threat to the park's biological integrity.